May 31, 2010

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5/31/2010 05:22:00 PM

May 30, 2010

During my longboarding adventures with Aidan, Joe and Stephen (well filming them longboarding), this was our way of saying hi to Stephen...and punishing him for being late.

To share it on one site just wasn't enough...so how's three?

The Facebook Version

The YouTube Version

The Vimeo Version

Not much more is needed to be said in the description. All that's described is in the very video above this text. Credit though to Joe Marcario for supplying the vehicle that made this abduction possible.

byTyler Walter

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5/30/2010 10:01:00 PM

A week of surprises, expected games and a wide range shift of power rankings in Major League Soccer. Now who ever's heard of THAT?!

To sum it up before getting into the rankings, the Galaxy–as expected–remained on top, the United finally look lie they're out of their last place slump...for the time being. Not to give much away...lets get into the rankings.

byTyler Walter

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5/30/2010 11:34:00 AM

Suppose you can call it either something I'd like to do, or a clever way to say I'm doing Journalism homework for the Valor Dictus web site. Then it seems like as if I'm dying to do my homework. Well, I guess you could be dying to do something...just to get it over with.

But that's for a different debate. For this blog, and for the Tyler Talk excerpts on ValorDictus.com, I'll be running a series called the WC Notebook. The blog will be apart of the RamsInsider, which is a VD sports blog that briefly covers the latest sports stories from Robinson and beyond.

That being said, it's fairly evident what the World Cup Notebook will be. It will emphasize on the United States squad during their tenure in the World Cup, but also provide updates to those students who can't stand to watch "the beautiful game" on TV. (It's pathetic, and sad I know).

The blog will debut this Saturday, June 5 with a preview of the United States' friendly against Australia, and the final tune up game before the Yanks take on the Brits on June 12, in about two weeks. The final posting will be July 12, a day subsequent to the World Cup finals.

byTyler Walter

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5/30/2010 01:31:00 AM

May 26, 2010

As reported on ESPN about an hour and a half ago, Bob Bradley named his final 23-man roster last night. Before going into the roster, here's a few interesting facts about the "possible progression" of the USA's level of club play:

For the 2010 World Cup, 19 of the 23 players play outside of the United States. Only 4 play in Major League Soccer.

In 2006 and 2002, 11 MLS players made up the USA World Cup roster. 12 played outside of the US.

1998 saw 16 playing in MLS, while only a modest 6 played outside of the US.

Though MLS came into existence in 1996, in the 1990 and 1994 World Cup's the US roster featured 20 and 15 domestic players respectively.

That being said it looks as if a majority of the USMNT core has changed drastically in the span of 20 years. Good for the US national team, bad for MLS. Only 6 MLS players will be playing in the World Cup, 4 on the US, 1 on Honduras and 1 on Switzerland.

May 24, 2010

byTyler Walter

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5/24/2010 06:04:00 PM

May 21, 2010

Horrific, horrific, and extraordinarily sadening news to be announced late this Friday evening—or for some—extremely early this Saturday morning. A student named Abdul Chadli was struck by an out of control SUV on Lee Highway, killing Chadli and the driver of the SUV. The SUV wouldn't stop however until it smashed into a nearby tree.

From what News Channel 8 has been reporting, many people eye-witnessed the infamous site. Below is an embedded video of their views on the investigation:

The incident was reported and posted to the Breaking News Blog on the Washington Post's web site at around...11:00 PM? So, in terms of new content on WashingtonPost.com, it's still fairly new and unraveling news.

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5/19/2010 07:05:00 PM

May 17, 2010

Goddamn it, boring week, so...many...ties. Too many of them 0-0, and the victories were only 1-0 and it only condensed the table even closer. More competition, but it reinstates the fact that Major League Soccer is a "commie league", where all the teams are of equal or nearly-equal skill. Also known as...hard as fuck to predict and rank teams. My jokingly statement awhile back about it being a 16-way tie is hardly an exaggeration, I believe we're at an eight-way tie. The hell? Record is wins, losses, draws.

byTyler Walter

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5/17/2010 07:36:00 PM

May 15, 2010

Ears are still ringing from–you know–that's a tad bit unoriginal to start your blog out like that. We available ll, in my time Tyler Talking...it seems to be. So that being said, in addition to the new Tyler Talk site launching and debuting, let's get into the talk about Ram Jam '10.

I slapped together a short Valor Dictus online blurb about it, which drew a fairly modest crowd. But once you make the link on Facebook...it's insane.

What I really have to say though is this is the first Ram Jam I went to where every single band was really, really, really talented and enjoyable. No–I'm not saying that to look nice and fluffy for this blog post. In past Ram Jams, there have been many crappy bands.

Now, let's get into the highlights of Ram Jam:

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5/15/2010 02:57:00 PM

May 12, 2010

For the next few days leading up to the final cuts for the US men's national football (soccer) team final roster, I'll be making my analysis on the players Bob Bradley selected for the preliminary 30 players. If the US Soccer Blog, SBI or MTFUSA (hell maybe even the MLS Insider) covers the training camp, I can get a better idea of who the final 23 should be...and ultimately my starting 11.

The first blog will be about the forwards that Bob Bradley selected. Below is each forward that made the preliminary roster, along with their club, past career with club and international teams, as well as my brief thoughts on it, and a grade on the player and Bradley's selection.

May 02, 2010

To those of you who were redirected here, we apologize.In an attempt to befriend Asian investors and increase office morale, we here at Grooveshark established some connections with the Chinese black market and imported our very own black-and-white Giant Panda (hereby known as "Pickles"). Unfortunately, due to circumstances no one could have foreseen, Pickles became agitated at the fluorescent lights and near-constant belly rubs and began clawing at our computers.Pickles is currently thrashing about in the server room, causing the technical difficulties and temporary outage you just experienced. As soon as our interns return from Pier 1 with synthetic bamboo, a picnic basket and an oversized net, we will be able to return the servers back to normal and, if we can, rescue the coder that Pickles has taken as a prize.